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Debra Jean Deeken1, Douglas Wakefield, Cora Kite
1Author Affiliations: Director (Ms Deeken), Ambulatory Patient Care Services; Director (Dr Wakefield), Center for Health Care Quality; Clinical Nursing Supervisor, Surgery Clinic, (Ms Kite); Manager (Ms Linebaugh), Outpatient Clinics and Infusion Unit, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center; Manager (Ms Mitchell), Dermatology Department and Clinics; Business Manager (Ms Parkinson), Ambulatory Care Administration; and Professor (Dr Misra), Nephrology, University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia.
Abstract:
Ensuring that the level of nurse staffing used to care for patients is appropriate to the setting and service intensity is essential for high-quality and cost-effective care. This article describes the development, validation, and implementation of the clinic technical skills permission list developed specifically to guide nurse staffing decisions in physician clinics of an academic medical center. Results and lessons learned in using this staffing guideline are presented.
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